Germ Cell

Definition: Germ Cell

Germ Cell

Noun

1. A spermatozoon or an ovum.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Germ Cell

Crosswords: Germ Cell

References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors (reference)

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Books

• 21st Century Complete Medical Guide to Rare Cancers (Pheochromocytoma, Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Parathyroid Cancer, Malignant Thymoma, Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell, Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor) - Authoritative Government Docum (reference)

• Germ Cell Development, Division, Disruption and Death (reference)

• Germ Cell Tumors (reference)

• Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A technique called in situ hybridization shows whether a gene is actively expressed in cells, and also provides clues to the gene's function. This technique has helped identify activated oncogenes in cancer cells, and their normal counterparts in normal cells, in many different species. In this photograph, a labeled DNA segment (a known oncogene) has been put into a mouse oocyte, a cell that develops into a mature egg cell. The labeled DNA has paired with (or hybridized to) multiple copies of RNA in the mouse oocyte. The presence of this RNA (shown here as black dots inside the nucleus of the immature cell) shows that the normal cellular counterpart of the oncogene is active, suggesting that it is critical for normal germ cell development. Expression of genes is manifested by the production of RNA transcripts within cells. Hybridization histochemistry (in situ hybridization) permits localization of these transcripts with cellular or greater resolution. Furthermore, the relative amounts of transcripts detected within different tissues or the same tissues under different states (e.g., physiological or developmental) may be quantified. See artwork: GA-17.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

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Health

Ovarian germ cell cancers account for less than 5 percent of all ovarian malignancies. (references)

The three most common types of pineal region tumors are gliomas, germ cell tumors, and pineal cell tumors. (references)

Since ovarian germ cell cancers are mostly unilateral, with the exception of dysgerminomas, it seems prudent to avoid biopsy of a normal-appearing contralateral ovary. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "germ cell": germ cell tumors. Additional references.

Danish

gonadal celle, plantekim (embryo, germ, seedling), ovum (egg, ovum), ovulum (egg, ovum), kimplet, kimplante (embryo, germ, seedling, set, young plant), kimcelle (bud cell), kim (embryo, germ, nucleus, seedling), kønscelle, embryo (embryo, germ, seedling). (various references)

Dutch

ovum (egg, ovum), ovulum (egg, ovum), kiemplant (embryo, formed tree, germ, seedling), kiemcel (bud cell, young cell), kiem (embryo, germ, nucleus, precursor, seed, seedling), embryo (embryo, germ, seedling). (various references)

Finnish

sirkkataimi (embryo, germ, seedling), itusolu (bud cell), alkio (embryo, germ, seedling). (various references)

French

germe (germ), plantule (germ), ovule, embryon (germ), cellule germinative, cellule germinale. (various references)

German

Keimzelle (bud cell, gamete, indifferent gonad, reproductive cell). (various references)

Greek 

γεννητικό κύτταρο (bud cell), βλαστικό κύτταρο. (various references)

Italian

germoglio (bud, button, embryo, germ, offset, offshoot, scion, seedling, shoot, sprout, tiller), germe (bug, embryo, germ, nucleus, seed, seedling), ovulo (capsule, egg, ovula, ovule, ovum), occito (egg, ovum), embrione (embryo, germ, seedling), cellula uovo (egg, ovum), cellula germinale (bud cell). (various references)

Pig Latin

ermgay ellcay

Portuguese

gérmen (embryo, germ, leaven, seedling), plântula (embryo, germ, seedling, set, young plant), embrião (bud, chit, embryo, foetus, germ, rudiment, rudiments, seedling), cicatrícula (embryo, germ, seedling), célula germinativa (bud cell). (various references)

Spanish

germen (embryo, germ, nucleus, seed, seedling), huevo (ball, bubble car, egg, ovum), embrion (embryo, germ, seedling), embrión (embryo, foetus, germ, seedling), célula germinativa (bud cell), célula germinal, célula germen (egg, ovum). (various references)

Swedish

groddplanta (embryo, germ, seedling), groddcell (bud cell), embryo (embryo, germ, seedling). (various references)

Thai

เซลล์สืบพันธุ์ (ทางชีววิทยา). (various references)

Turkish

gamet (gamete), üreme hücresi (gamete). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: creel, creme, leger, merge, merle.

-4 letters: cell, cere, eger, germ, glee, gree, leer, mell, mere, merl, reel.

-5 letters: cee, cel, eel, ell, elm, eme, ere, erg, gee, gel, gem, lee, leg, meg, mel, rec, ree, reg, rem.

+5 letters: geometrically.

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